[wos] Proposal for a panel on "Open Source Biotechnology"

[Christopher M. Kelty]

Andrea,

if your names do not already include people in synthetic biology, in
particular the biobricks project, http://bbf.openwetware.org/, I could
certainly help with that.  Drew Endy is the natural choice, but might
be hard to get... but there are no doubt others...

ck

On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 02:14:50PM +0200, Andrea Glorioso wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm not sure this is the right way to propose a panel for WOS4, but as
> the Italian saying goes - "nobody was ever  killed for asking" (that's
> actually not true, but when I speak I don't want to get bogged down by
> reality).
> 
> I  would    like to  organize   a panel   on   so-called "Open  Source
> Biotechnology" or, to  frame  it in  a  slightly less buzzword-centric
> way, on "new forms of  distributed intellectual property management in
> the field of biotechnolog(y/ies).
> 
> I  have already three or  four  names that  I  think could foster some
> interesting debate on this issue.
> 
> So, the question is: what would it the next step  be?  Should I make a
> formal proposal?  If yes, to whom and in which form?
> 
> Thanks for reading this, and to anyone who will reply.
> 
> P.S.: please, no  mail on how using   the term "intellectual property"
>       will kill me or  make me bald.  Been there,  done that, and  for
>       the sake of synthesis the term is sometimes useful.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Andrea Glorioso		andrea at digitalpolicy.it
>                         +39 348 921 4379



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